The ISEB qualificatio is Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management, not as stated above.
You CAN self study for Foundation, although a course is much better.
If self-study, you register with Pro-metric and sit the exam through a testcentre. You will be given a candidate number on your certificate. ISEB exas are usually taken at the end of a course, and sent off for marking. The passmark is 26 out of 40, whichever one you take._________________Liz Gallacher,
ITIL EXPERT
Accredited ITIL and ISO/IEC20000 Trainer and Consultant - Freelance

After spending thousands on a PMI course to pass my PMP exam, my budget is pretty shoestring right now. I've picked up some materials based on advice from this forum, and would like to guage my abilities on sample exams after working with these for a bit.

You need some sort of course material from either the three day course - online

merely reading this forum aint going to help you much

The exam is multiple choice (guess) and you have to pass 26/40

You need the mini books for ITIL to start (8.95 GBP) and some reading material.

If you spent $$$$ on the PMP course and exam, and the exam is highly regarded.... should you not spend the same kind of $ on the ITIL Foundation exam which is key to the rest of the exams ?_________________John Hardesty
ITSM Manager's Certificate (Red Badge)

I agree 100% with John above. If you have to do it self-study, then get the book "Foundations of IT Service Management, based on ITIL" from the EXIN bookshop. ISBN 9077212582_________________Liz Gallacher,
ITIL EXPERT
Accredited ITIL and ISO/IEC20000 Trainer and Consultant - Freelance

This sould be suficient, but you wil only know when you sit the exam, so do get practice at that!
Good luck!
(Practitioner and Manager level cannot be done by self-study)_________________Liz Gallacher,
ITIL EXPERT
Accredited ITIL and ISO/IEC20000 Trainer and Consultant - Freelance

After spending thousands on a PMI course to pass my PMP exam, my budget is pretty shoestring right now. I've picked up some materials based on advice from this forum, and would like to guage my abilities on sample exams after working with these for a bit.

You took an expensive PMI course. I just used Rita's guide to the PMP and passed first time around. For this test I'm using 'Foundations of IT Service Management - based on ITIL' ISBN 9077212582. It seems to be put in the same format as the PMBOK so you should be familiar with it. I haven't taken the test yet but I can't imagine 40 questions should be that difficult... especially when you've already passed the 200 question 4 hour PMP exam.